April 23, 2009 RSS feed / Front Page

Red Bank opts for four-day workweek

Police, DPW, senior center will keep same hours

Red Bank announced last week that beginning June 1, it would implement a four-day, 10-hour-per-day workweek for most employees as a cost-cutting measure. More...

Ordinance bans eminent domain for private projects

RED BANK — The Borough Council approved an ordinance at the April 13 meeting that bans the use of eminent domain when a private developer is involved. More...

Few contested political races in local towns

Only Red Bank, Tinton Falls will see incumbents challenged

Red Bank will have the only contested race for Borough Council seats among local towns in the November elections, with Republicans trying to regain a presence on the governing body. More...

Riverview and middle school to host talk on HPV

RED BANK — Riverview Medical Center and the Red Bank Middle School are partnering for a special educational presentation for parents. " HPV: What Every Parent Needs to Know" will educate parents about the human papillomavirus (HPV), the No. More...

Mask making

Above: Amy Leifman, of Red Bank, dips a mask she is making while her friend Dagny Holt looks on during a mask-making workshop held at the Red Bank Public Library on March 21. More...

Monmouth freeholders launch call to service

The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders, in coordination with the Citizens' Campaign, has launched its own county-wide call to service to increase public participation in county government. More...

Motorcycle raffle will benefit Ronald McDonald Camp

LONG BRANCH — Harley-Davidson/ Buell of Long Branch and the Jersey Shore HOG (Harley Owners Group) Chapter will raffle off a motorcycle this summer, with proceeds going to Ronald McDonald Camp for children being treated for cancer. More...

Activites slated at Sandy Hook during May

Gateway National Recreation Area, Sandy Hook, will hold a spring birding walk led by naturalists from the New Jersey Audubon Society at 10 a.m. May 2, beginning at the visitor center. More...

Photo

FRANK GALIPO Irina Pavlov (l) and Tamara Chernyakhovska demonstrate a folk dance during an Evening of Ukrainian Folk Dancing hosted by the Monmouth Folk Dancers at Red Bank United Methodist Church on March 24. More...

NOTES

Photographer Kim Levin, Little Silver, will hold book signings 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Paw Palace, 19 W. Front St., Red Bank; and 2-4 p.m. at Barnes and Noble at The Commons at Holmdel, 2134 Route 35, Holmdel. More...

Columns

Family vacation: the good the bad and the flat ugly

When I was a kid, family vacations were a special level of hell reserved for the worst miscreants imaginable. And it wasn't the Hades we learned about in Bible class, the kind of place you go after a long lifetime of misdeeds. More...

Sports

Makin' a move

PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Above: Long Branch defenders Angela Ciroalo (l) and Jennifer Ramirez (r) knock the ball away from Red Bank Catholic's MaryEllen Whitlock during the first half of the game at Long Branch High School on April 17. More...

Colts poised for another run at Shore supremacy

When looking at the prospects for this spring's high school golf season, as usual you have to start with the team from Christian Brothers Academy. More...

BCC coach hits milestone; continues to look ahead

Bo Scannapieco is too focused on Brookdale Community College's next softball game to think about milestones. "If you think too much about it, you become satisfied," he said. More...

Arts / Zest

IN THE ARTS

The Monmouth Players will present "Night of One Acts: Stranger Things Have Happened." The plays, directed by Paul and Lori Renick, are a mix of comedy and drama. More...

'Catching the Light'

An exhibit of oil paintings by Pratima Rao, of Holmdel, is at the Guild of Creative Art in Shrewsbury. More...

'Making Trouble'

Adocumentary film that tells the story of some of the greatest female comic performers of the last century will be screened at 7 p.m. Thursday at Congregation B'nai Israel in Rumson. More...

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ERIC SUCAR staff After marching in the Opening Day Parade, a group of Little Leaguers opens the season with a collective shout-out of "Play Ball!" during Rumson Recreation's Opening Day ceremony held at Piping Rock Memorial Park on April 18. More...

Local officials meet to discuss shared services

Representatives of 22 Monmouth County municipalities came together recently for the first official meeting of the Central Jersey Council of Governments (CJCG). Gov. More...

Friends play the game Frankie loved

Inaugural Frankie and Friends Invitational held

On Saturday, April 18, four baseball teams took the field at West Long Branch's Valenzano Park to remember one young man who touched the lives of many. Frankie Caltabilota Jr. was only 18 years old when on Jan. More...

Oceanport proposes $6.8M budget

Council votes to defer pension, school tax payments

OCEANPORT — The Borough Council unanimously voted to introduce a $6.8 million 2009 preliminary budget, which would raise taxes by $95 per year for a home assessed at $500,000. More...

Church Women United to hold May Day event

RED BANK — Church Women United of the Greater Red Bank Area will hold its annual May Day Celebration at 6 p.m. Friday, May 1, in the Squire Chapel of the Red Bank United Methodist Church, 247 Broad St. More...

Tele-Town Hall meeting set

District 12 state legislators will host a Tele-Town Hall on April 28. Residents may participate in the community meeting from their homes. More...

Check mate

PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Clockwise from top left: United States Chess Federation Master Vladimir Lipman (l) gives a 16-board simultaneous chess exhibition at the Children's Cultural Center in Red Bank on April 18. More...

THE RULES OF THE GAME - Teaching young people to get the most from sports - Advertorial

Sports participation offers a seemingly infinite number of "life lessons." The more you learn, the more you realize there is to gain. More...

23rd annual Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival

RED BANK — The 23rd annual Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival will take place June 5-7 this year. The festival is staged in Marine Park on the Navesink River and offers three full days and nights of jazz, blues, food, crafts and family fun. More...

Vans Warped Tour tickets on sale

OCEANPORT — The 15th annual Vans Warped Tour returns to the Jersey Shore for the first time since 2003 when the concert heads to Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport on Sunday, July 19. More...

Dedication to Special Olympics spurs race organizer

West Long Branch resident organizes Lincoln Tunnel Challenge

WEST LONG BRANCH — The Lincoln Tunnel, a 1.5-mile-long subterranean stretch that connects Weehawken to midtown Manhattan, is notorious for its snarled rush-hour traffic and long gridlock delays. More...

Bulletin Board

Designer show house to open April 28

The Sheep's Run Designer Show House, 99 Rumson Road, Rumson, will open its doors April 28-May 31 to benefit the Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey, Red Bank. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. More...

Reunion slated for veterans of USS Coral Sea

Crewmen who have served aboard the USS Coral Sea CVB/CVA/CV-43 are being sought for a mini-reunion to be held April 25 at Sir John's Restaurant, North Brunswick. More...

Obituaries

Thomas A. Eadon Jr.

Mr. Eadon, 86, of the Shadow Lake section of Middletown, died April 7, 2009, at Chapin Hill at Red Bank. He resided in Rumson for 50 years before relocating to Shadow Lake, 10 years ago. More...

Joan L. Pye Herchenroder

Mrs. Herchenroder, 79, of Hershey, Pa., formerly of East Brunswick, died April 10, 2009, in M.S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey. More...

Joanne "Jan" Yorke Bunnell

Mrs. Bunnell, 85, of Oceanport, died April 15, 2009. She had resided in Rumson and Middletown before relocating to Oceanport. More...

Letters

Dems need to embrace idea of sales tax holidays

Gov. Jon S. Corzine and his Democratic colleagues in Trenton often say they are receptive to any idea that will help New Jersey with its struggling finances, and falsely accuse Republicans of offering no constructive proposal. More...

Public invited to attend first-ever Rutgers Day

In recognition of Rutgers University's unique relationship with the people of New Jersey, we are opening our doors to the public for the first-ever Rutgers Day on April 25. More...

'Rounding' doesn't simplify things for reader

Ihope you all remember your old high school education. You're in math class, patiently waiting for your test. You read the instructions and notice that all answers must be rounded to the nearest whole number. What's the deal with that!? More...